Chapter 272 - The Night Before
Klein didn't want to believe a single word of what the Demoness had said, but regardless of her motives, it was a fact that she had saved Kenley. Therefore, before she showed any animosity, he wasn't willing to attack her.
Of course, this was also related to the Captain being temporarily unconscious after being hit by Madam Sharon's curse before his death. He was the only Nighthawk left at the scene.
After remaining on guard for about a minute, it was unknown what Beyonder thod Leena used to purge Madam Sharon's Demoness of Pleasure characteristic.
She appeared calm as she carefully sealed the Beyonder characteristic before standing up. She smiled at Klein and said, "The Nighthawk is alive. It's ti for
to leave... We shall et again if fate permits it."
With that, she disappeared in front of Klein. She then nimbly jumped out the window, went over the wall, and headed for the Tussock River.
Although he saw her leave, Klein didn't dare to be careless. As he kept his gun on alert, he undid the silver chain on his sleeve with one hand and let the topaz pendant fall naturally.
After carefully swapping the positions of the revolver and spirit pendulum, Klein waited until the topaz stabilized. He imdiately closed his eyes and entered a state of Cogitation. He then silently chanted the divination statent:
"Leena has already left this house."
...
After seven tis, he opened his eyes and saw the pendulum spinning clockwise.
"she really left..." Klein's heart cald down. He put away his spirit pendulum and walked to Kenley's side to check on his injuries.
Previously, he had secretly used Holy Light Summoning and Placate on the Morning Star to treat Kenley before the Captain arrived. Otherwise, he would've been killed by the evil spirit in 3-0271 even if he hadn't been hit by Madam Sharon's Black Flas.
Although he suffered so ntal damage, he managed to escape the evil spirit's mark... It shouldn't be a big problem... When the Mystery Pryer from the Holy Cathedral is transferred to Tingen, I can get him to design a ritual to slowly treat Kenley.
Since Kenley's life was no longer in danger, and the Captain could wake up at any ti, Klein didn't intend to use the "Fallen Morning Star" again to avoid explaining himself.
After hesitating for a mont, he ca before Madam Sharon, who only had half her head left. He took out all sorts of materials and quickly set up an altar to channel her spirit.
I've already wasted so ti. If I wait for Captain to wake up before channeling his spirit, I might not be able to get anything.
Monts later, Klein opened his eyes after watching a huge bed film titled "Madam Sharon takes you to Tingen's Upper Circles."
Through spirit channeling in the dream, he learned a lot. For example, Maynard's death was backed by the current mayor... or the potion formula for so of the Sequences of the Demoness pathway.
However, there was also a new question. Madam Sharon's motive for killing Maynard was too hasty. It didn't seem to match her usual modus operandi.
Just as he was deep in thought, Captain Dunn suddenly sat up straight and opened his eyes. He first surveyed his surroundings with his sharp eyes. When he saw the situation clearly, he heaved a sigh of relief and pressed his glabella. His expression was sowhat pale.
Despite not being injured, he seed to have lost a lot of blood.
"Captain, are you alright?" Klein was delighted to see him wake up.
"It's nothing... Madam Sharon's final curse wasn't completed yet, and she didn't have the dium to curse , so she wasn't very powerful... Well, at most, she can disrupt my ntal state. When Mass is over the weekend, the Goddess's grace will be able to completely heal my injuries."
Having said that, Dunn stood up and walked slowly to Klein's side. He said in an abnormally deep voice,
"I made a mistake. I was fooled by Madam Sharon. I didn't expect her to secretly leave the dream long ago... If it wasn't for another Demoness, we probably wouldn't have been able to keep her here..."
If it wasn't for my uniqueness, I would've died along with Kenley about ten seconds after the battle began... Klein turned his head to look at Kenley who was silently lying on the ground and exhaled.
"Captain, Kenley..."
"I know..." Dunn replied hoarsely. "But you have to get used to it. It's normal for Nighthawks to die during missions. Perhaps I'll be next."
"No, Captain... I an, Kenley isn't dead yet... Back then, it was Leena who saved him." Although Klein was very wary of Leena, she had saved Kenley no matter what, so he didn't want her to be wanted by the Nighthawks, so he directly ntioned her contribution.
Dunn was taken aback when he heard that. Then, his pale face revealed a gentle and relaxed smile. "Is that so? That's great!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but draw a crimson moon on his chest. At the sa ti, he said, "Goddess, bless !"
Klein could understand the Captain's feelings. Whenever he thought about how Kenley would die tonight, how he would face his family, how his parents would look at him with grief, and how his fiancée would look like she had lost her soul... Klein felt fear from the bottom of his heart... He was afraid of hearing the sobbing!
At that mont, he actually agreed with what Leena said. He just needed to change it.
In the stories of the guardians, there shouldn't be any sorrow!
Amidst his joy, Dunn subconsciously wanted to take out his cigarette case and smoke. However, he rembered that he hadn't brought his cigarette with him for so ti, so he gave up. However, he suddenly thought of sothing and asked, "Leena? Do you know that Witch?"
Captain, is your brain thinking too much, or has your forgetfulness worsened? I thought I didn't need to use the excuse I prepared just now.
After lampooning inwardly, Klein shared what he knew about Leena with Dunn. Finally, he added, "Most of this was told to
by Madam Daly during our last casual chat. You were there as well."
Dunn thought about it seriously before nodding in enlightennt. "From the looks of it, Maynard's wife and sister were the ones who instigated them to find us... Her goal is Beyonder... It's the remains that Madam Sharon left behind."
Captain, I already know what a Beyonder characteristic is. You didn't even hide it from
when you ca to concoct the Clown potion with Her Excellency's Sword of the Goddess... You don't have to be so careful.
After lampooning, Klein told Dunn everything he learned from the spirit channeling. Then, he expressed his doubts about Madam Sharon's murder of Maynard.
"Pleasure really doesn't need to kill soone of a higher status... Hmm, we have to find out where Madam Sharon has been all these years and find out her true background... Of course, we have to report this to the Holy Cathedral and let them arrange it. We can't leave Tingen as we wish." Dunn nodded slightly. When he ntioned reporting this to the Holy Cathedral, he deliberately didn't ntion the matter of "Leena."
Then, he looked around and said, "Clean up the scene and then get soone from the nearest police station to co over. Oh, and make a trip back to Zouteland Street and get Frye to help."
"Yes, Captain."
...
Outside a village downstream of the Tussock River, a moist figure erged from the river and disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was like a water ghost from folklore. The drunkard who happened to see this scene jolted awake from his fright and ran back to the village in a panic.
It was none other than Leena. She stared at the drunkard's back and sighed after a long while. She muttered to herself, "Forget it... He didn't see my face... Besides, no one will believe it even if I tell them... Killing him might attract attention."
Following that, she got her bearings and ran towards a small mountain southeast of the village.
As wild animals were almost extinct, there was an abandoned hunter's hut halfway up the mountain. It was a safe house that Leina had prepared long ago.
After entering the cabin, Leena quickly took off her drenched clothes and changed into a male hunting suit she had hidden in the moonlight. Only then did she sit down. As she took out the food she had prepared, she thought with a serious expression,
The Fallen Morning Star is actually on that Nighthawk of the Seer pathway... Didn't I get Shook to hand it over to Detective Bryan? Why would it be in Tingen? Did Detective Bryan sell the necklace to the Nighthawks?
"If... If I hadn't transferred it to The Fallen Morning Star back then, it would most likely be
bringing it to Tingen, right?
Was it really my own judgnt when I heard about Madam Sharon's style at Backlund's gathering and deduced that she might be a Demoness of Pleasure? Or could it be that soone is behind it...
Could it be that the mastermind's goal is only to have the Fallen Morning Star arrive in Tingen?
No... It's not that simple. I'm afraid sothing major will happen in Tingen...
I happened to beco Maynard's sister's teacher, and Madam Sharon killed Maynard...
The Nighthawks who instigated Ma'am Maynard to hire an official Beyonder team chanced upon the Nighthawks who possessed the Morning Star of Fallen...
There are too many coincidences... I never noticed it before!
No, I have to leave as soon as possible! The further the better!
Having made up her mind, Leena rested for a few hours. At dawn, she imdiately got up and rushed to a nearby town with a steam locomotive station.
...
In the Tingen suburbs, in a house with a red chimney.
The middle-aged man with dark golden hair and one blind eye looked at the latest content written by the quill.
"After receiving the Beyonder characteristic, Witch Leena sensed the hidden danger in Tingen and decided to leave this city."
He pondered for a mont and didn't make any additional changes. This Witch was also very strange. She had previously changed the story she had written. It would be a change if she could leave.
However, there were too many variables in Tingen!
The middle-aged man glanced at the words "Klein Moretti," and his expression turned nasty. He flipped another page of the notebook and pointed at the word "Stuart." Then, he walked around the room and muttered to himself,
I can't delay any further. The Church of Storms's Mysticism Magister will likely co to investigate next Monday. If sothing were to happen to him midway, it will probably be difficult to push it to an accident. He will definitely suspect that there's been so sort of interference and subsequently lock onto
and 0-08...
Therefore, on Sunday... I have to take action before Mass!
At this mont, he seed to co to a decision. He stopped in front of the table, picked up his quill, and wrote on his notebook:
"Leonard and Klein found a letter left behind by Lanevus during a search."
gose was summoned for so baffling reason. She ca to Zouteland Street and entered the Blackthorn Security Company. The baby in her stomach was in a critical period and couldn't stop her urges.
Dunn made a detailed arrangent, the correct arrangent, but he made one mistake. If he had made up his mind to take care of gose imdiately, it would be best to lure her behind Chanis Gate and use the advantage of the environnt and items to engage in combat. If he was waiting for help, he definitely couldn't take out Saint Selena's ashes.
"Unfortunately, Dunn, who was in a daze due to the repeated curses and corruption, didn't think of the most important point. The son of a deity could sense the threat of the Saint's ashes. Hence, the latter was triggered and began to absorb the power of his mother's body in an attempt to be born ahead of ti, even if it wasn't fully matured.
At this point, the man recalled the history teacher who had spoiled his plans several tis. He added,
Azik isn't in Loen. Even if he recalls the Spirit World Traversal, it will be difficult for himto rush back in a short period of ti.
After reevaluating the content he had written, the middle-aged man placed the notebook and quill into his pocket and left the house.
...
On Sunday morning, just as I was about to enter the learning space after breakfast to analyze and learn the abilities related to Zombie, Ebner was suddenly stopped by Mr. Skade, and a telegram was stuffed into his hand.
Bishop Utravsky is looking for ? He wants
to go to the Harvest Church...
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